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When right to repair is not right to repair

By Alexis Stockford September 14, 2023

I’ve had a hard time getting my morning coffee lately. The culprit is the multi-buttoned, digital-screened, expensive coffee maker taking up way too much space on the kitchen counter. Instead of pressing a button, walking away and coming back to a cup of joe, I’m instead greeted with the message “Fill H20,” despite the brimming

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News

Training on tap to fill farm labour gaps between ag and tech

The ‘agri-programmer’ may be on its way

By Jeff Melchior September 13, 2023

Say there’s trouble with the automated GIS and mapping features on the tractor, but you can’t find a tech with enough knowledge to offer help. It’s a simple example of the kind of employment gaps that keep farmers up at night, and that prevent their adoption of new technology, said the manager of an “upskilling”

People visit crop plots at Discovery Farm Woodstock during Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. Photo: Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

Discovery Farm Woodstock joins Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network

The research site joins its Saskatchewan counterpart on the initiative’s roster

By GFM Network News August 8, 2023

Glacier FarmMedia’s eastern Discovery Farm has joined the locations that share data and research through Old’s College’s Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network. The 330-acre Ontario site is the host of various demonstration research projects and Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. It was established as the permanent home for the show in 2020. “The objective is to provide

“We have heard deep-seated frustration from both farm families and non-farmers about the state of connectivity in rural Manitoba, and providers cannot continue to ask us to pay for a service that is subpar, at best.” – Jill Werwey, KAP.

News, Other

AMM puts rural cell service in the hot seat

Only a third of rural Manitobans consider their cell service ‘fully reliable’

By Don Norman July 31, 2023

Rural connectivity remains an issue for Manitobans. That was one of the main takeaways from a recent poll commissioned by the Association of Manitoba Municipalities. The poll, conducted by Probe Research, found that rural Manitobans are overwhelmingly concerned about mobile connectivity outside of the province’s cities. Why it matters: Unreliable cellular service can be a

Tiffany Wood, a Scottish physicist is CEO of Dyneval, a company with new semen analyzing technology. Photo: John Greig

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

At Ag in Motion: New tester monitors bull fertility

By GFM Network News, John Greig July 22, 2023

Glacier FarmMedia – Slow-swimming bull sperm will have no place to hide. A Scottish company, Dyneval, has created a new semen analyzer that measures a wider range of concentrations of semen than previous testing methods. This will allow veterinarians, beef and dairy producers to have more control over semen quality. The Dynescanl analyzer is also

Regan Ferguson tells of her experience using data on the farm near Melfort at Ag In Motion. (Jeff Melchior photo)

Crops

At Ag in Motion: Find a purpose, then buy tech, Prairie grower says

No matter how cutting-edge, digital ag needs to be a fit on your farm

By GFM Network News, Jeff Melchior July 18, 2023

Investing in digital agriculture can be a daunting experience. A producer’s best bet, one northeastern Saskatchewan farmer says, is to do your homework and find a purpose for it on your farm. “You have got to have the root purpose of why you got that technology. Either that or you talk to others to help

The FeedFlo sensor in a hog barn setting.

Hogs, News

Funding heats things up for Manitoba ag-tech startup

Company targets precision feeding in hog barns

By Don Norman July 17, 2023

A Manitoba agricultural tech startup hopes its product will raise the bar for feed monitoring systems in hog barns. “Our sensor goes right on the feed line within the barns, as opposed to general load cells, which go on the bins, or laser systems that are at the top of the bin telling you how

Charley Sprenger of PAMI has been settling in at Brandon’s Assiniboine Community College.

News

PAMI, Assiniboine Community College join forces

The research and development group has added its presence to the Brandon college

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 14, 2023

The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute closed its doors in Portage la Prairie last year, but the ready source of agricultural research, innovation and equipment development hasn’t left Manitoba. Brandon’s Assiniboine Community College, now in the midst of a major expansion of ag and ag-related programming, has brought PAMI to its main campus. Charley Sprenger, a

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Beware of flash instead of substance

Self-drilling e-seeds sound exciting, but ecosystem restoration needs practical solutions

By Jorge Castro Gutiérrez, Kingsley Dixon, Simone Pedrini May 16, 2023

A drone drops a small projectile with three wooden tails, tightly twisted into a spiral, and a seed mounted on the tip. It lands on the bare ground and sits there, exposed to the elements, until it rains. Then, the moisture penetrates the wood fibres and the tails start twisting, slowly pushing the seed into

Too often, governments reach for the regulatory stick rather than providing incentives for positive action, even though the incentive-based path will lead to greater success.

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Go for the carrot, not the stick

Regulations not the best move for real ecological progress

By Cam Dahl May 3, 2023

There are two ways to get a horse to carry a heavy load. You can hit it with a big stick, or you can provide a reward for work well done. Think of agriculture as the horse and government sustainability goals as the load that farmers are being asked to carry. Too often, governments reach

Daily Network News

Prairie forecast: Winter temperatures moving in

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures mixed ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

Pulse Weekly: Looking for trade deal to benefit Canadian growers

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